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Bully-les-Mines
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Bully-les-Mines () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in northern France. It forms part of the Lens-Liévin agglomeration community, which encompasses 36 French communes and 250,000 inhabitants. For many years it was a major coal mining center.
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Bully-les-Mines is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department within the Hauts-de-France region of France. It serves as the capital of the canton of Bully-les-Mines and is located in the arrondissement of Lens. The town has a population of 12,678, comprising 5,682 males and 6,481 females, and covers an area of 7.66 square kilometers. Its postal code is 62160.
The commune borders Mazingarbe, Liévin, Sains-en-Gohelle, and Aix-Noulette. It is twinned with Elsdorf and Wisła. Bully-les-Mines received the Croix de guerre 1914–1918. The official name of the locality is also listed as Bully.
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Place details
- Locality
- Bully-les-Mines
- Region
- Hauts-de-France
- Country
- France
- Population
- 11,975
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- French commune.name
- Bully-les-Mines
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Bully-les-Mines - Hôtel de ville - 2.JPG
- French commune.caption
- The town hall of Bully-les-Mines
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason Bully-les-Mines.svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Lens
- French commune.canton
- Bully-les-Mines
- French commune.INSEE
- 62186
- French commune.postal code
- 62160
- French commune.mayor
- François Lemaire
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- CA Lens-Liévin
- French commune.elevation m
- 19
- French commune.elevation min m
- 38
- French commune.elevation max m
- 92
- French commune.area km2
- 7.66
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Bully
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Lens
- Population
- 12146
- Area
- 7.66
- Elevation
- 59
- Shares border with
- Grenay
- Official website
- www.bullylesmines.fr
- Image
- Bully-les-Mines - Hôtel de ville - 2.JPG
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- Commons category
- Bully-les-Mines
- twinned administrative body
- Elsdorf
- postal code
- 62160
- associated electoral district
- canton of Bully-les-Mines
- male population
- 5682
- female population
- 6481
- P8168
- Jakob Stilling
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- contact page URL
- www.bullylesmines.fr/contact
- phone number
- +33-3-21-44-92-92
- fax number
- +33-3-21-44-92-94
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Misfortunes of Bully
- Coal mining
- Population
- Administration
- Sights
- Personalities
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links (in French)
Bully-les-Mines () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in northern France. It forms part of the Lens-Liévin agglomeration community, which encompasses 36 French communes and 250,000 inhabitants. For many years it was a major coal mining center.
==History== The name of Bully-les-Mines has frequently had various forms over the centuries: from Bulgi (in 1135), to Bugi (1152), Builli (1157), Bullia (1198), Bully (1270), Boulli (1303), Buylly (1410), Builly-lez-Aix (1486), Builly-lez-Grenay (1511), Builly-en-Gohelle (1569), Bully-en-Gohelle (1709), Bully-Grenay (1750), Bully-en-Gohelle (1782), and finally Bully-les-Mines in 1925.
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